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Weighing
Things
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Student Learning Objectives
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Assessment
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Introducing the Program
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Key Vocabulary
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Program Viewing Suggestions
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Video Script
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Literature Connections
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Answer Key to Student Assessments
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Answer Key to Student Activities
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What Do You Know Now?
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What Have You Learned?
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Video Review
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Video Quiz
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Units of Weight
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Word Find
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Weighing Things
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Student Learning Objectives
Upon viewing the video and completing the enclosed student activities,
students will be able to do the following:
• Understand that everything we see and touch is made of matter.
Also know that even things we can’t see such as air consist of matter.
• Explain that matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.
• Describe mass as the amount of matter in something.
• Understand that weight is a measure of mass in an object.
• Know that scales are tools used to measure weight.
• Identify and name some of the different kinds of scales.
• Differentiate between a spring scale, electronic scale, and balance.
• Explain the importance of using units of measurement and describe how to find the weight of something.
• Understand that pounds and ounces are common units of weight in the English system of measurement.
• Know that kilograms and grams are units of weight in the metric system of measurement.
Assessment
What Do You Know Now? (p. 10):
This preliminary assessment is an assessment tool designed to gain an
understanding of students’ preexisting knowledge. It can also be used as a
benchmark upon which to assess student progress based on the objectives
stated on the previous pages.
What Have You Learned? (p. 11):
This post assessment can be utilized as an assessment tool following
student completion of the program and student activities. The results of
this assessment can be compared against the results of the preliminary
assessment to assess student progress.
Video Review (p. 12):
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activity. There are two sections. The first part contains questions displayed
during the program. The second part consists of a five-question video quiz
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Before showing students the video hold up two objects in front of the class:
a large book and a small pencil. Ask students to describe some of the
differences between these two things. After discussing differences for a few
minutes write the term matter on the board. Explain that everything we see
and touch has matter. Next write the term mass on the board. Explain that
mass is the amount of matter in something.
Next ask students if they know their weight. Ask them how weight is
measured. Discuss how scales are used to measure weight. Then redirect
their attention to the book and pencil. Ask students what object they think
weighs more. Discuss their ideas. Tell students to pay close attention to the
video to learn more about mass, weight, and how things are weighed.
Key Vocabulary
Electronic scale
Ounce
Kilogram
Pound Mass
Weighing
Matter
Weight
Metric system
Scale
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terminology and concepts.
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Video Script
1. This woman is weighing a box before she mails it.
2. This store keeper is weighing candy.
3. And this person is getting weighed at the doctor’s office.
4. What exactly is weight?
5. How is weight measured?
6. And what are some ways things are weighed?
7. During the next few minutes we are going to answer these questions...
8. ...and others as we explore the fun process of weighing things.
9. Graphic Transition – Matter and Mass
10. Everything you see and touch is made up of something called matter.
11. The trees, rocks, and animals in this forest are made up of matter.
12. People are also made of matter. Matter can take the form of a solid, a liquid, or
a gas such as air.
13. So what exactly is matter?
14. Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.
15. This truck for example takes up space; as does this deer.
16. This leads to the next question – What is mass?
17. In short, mass is the amount of matter in something.
18. Some objects have different amounts of mass than other objects. For example,
this small rock has less mass than this larger rock.
19. You Compare! What has more mass – this truck or this bicycle?
20. The truck of course has a lot more mass, or matter in it, than this bicycle.
21. Let’s now take a look at how we go about measuring mass.
22. Graphic Transition – Measuring Weight
23. This rock feels much heavier than this feather.
24. This is because the rock has a lot more mass.
25. We know the rock is heavier because it feels heavier.
26. But it’s also possible to measure the amount of mass in an object.
27. Weight is a measure of the amount of mass in an object.
28. Scales measure weight.
29. Let’s take a look at how things are weighed.
30. Graphic Transition – Weighing Things
31. If you wanted to weigh yourself you would step on a scale.
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32. Scales are tools used to measure weight.
33. Weighing is the process of measuring the weight of something.
34. There are many different types of scales.
35. This common house scale is used by standing on it and then reading the
value.
36. This spring scale is used by attaching an object to the hook and then reading
the value on the scale.
37. This type of scale, often used in science, is called a balance.
38. A balance actually balances an object against a number of weights of known
amount.
39. The values of the weights are added together to find the weight of the object.
40. You Decide! What type of scale is this?
41. This is an electronic scale.
42. Electronic scales, such as this one, are commonly used by businesses and by
scientists.
43. Graphic Transition – Units of Weight
44. If someone were to ask you what you weighed, you wouldn’t say that you
weighed 52.
45. No, instead you would say you weighed 52 pounds, or 23.5 kilograms.
46. The words pounds and kilograms are called units of measurement, or more
exactly, units of weight.
47. Pounds are common units of weight in the United States which uses the
English System of Measurement.
48. Smaller units of weight, ounces, are used to describe the weight of smaller
objects.
49. Kilograms are units of weight commonly used in the metric system of
measurement. They are used by most countries and by scientists.
50. Smaller units of weight used in the metric system are grams.
51. This is a one gram mass.
52. You Observe! What is the weight of this envelope in grams?
53. This envelope weighs 5 grams.
54. Graphic Transition – Video Review
55. During the past few minutes we’ve explored the process of weighing things.
56. We began by seeing that all things are made up of matter.
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57. And we learned that matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.
58. Mass, the amount of matter in something, can be measured using a scale.
59. Some of the different types of scales were highlighted.
60. The different units of weight in both the English system of measurement and
the metric system were also described,
61. ...rounding out our investigation of the interesting process of weighing things.
62. Graphic Transition – Video Quiz
63. Fill in the correct word to complete the sentence.
1. Everything you see is made of _____.
2. ____ is the amount of matter in something.
3. ____ are tools used to measure weight.
4. This is a type of scale called a ____ scale.
5. These papers have a weight of ____ grams.
Literature Connections
Bullock, Linda. You Can Use a Balance. New York: Scholastic Inc, 2003
Ting Xing, Ye. Weighing The Elephant. New York: Annick Press, 1998.
Albee, Sarah. The Dragon’s Scales. New York: Random House Inc, 1998.
Browning, Dave. Marvin Weighs In. New York: HarperFestival, 2000.
Rivera, Sheila. Scale. New York: Learner Classroom, 2007.
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Answer Key to Student Assessments
What Do You Know Now? (p. 10)
What Have You Learned? (p. 11)
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Video Quiz (p. 12)
Video Review (p. 12)
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2. This is an electronic scale.
3. The envelope weighs 5 grams.
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Units of Weight (p. 13)
1. Apple - 100 grams
2. Basdeball bat - 1 kilogram
3. Screw - 4 grams
Word Find (p. 14)
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What Weighs More? (p. 15)
The correct order: match, pears, weights, horse, and rocket
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What Do You
Know Now?
Name:
Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
1.
Everything we see and touch is
made of:
gold
water
matter
silver
2. The amount of matter in
something is described as:
mass
heaviness
volume
temperature
3. Which object has the greatest
mass?
baseball
truck
balloon
spoon
4. A measure of the amount of
mass in an object is its:
volume
temperature
height
weight
5. Which tool is used to measure
weight?
scale
thermometer
barometer
ruler
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6. The process of measuring weight
is called:
calculating
weighing
growing
collecting
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barometer
thermometer
spring scale
meter stick
Which of the following is a unit of
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kilogram
degree
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and ounces are units of
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weight in what system of
measurement?
metric system
International system
French system
English system
10. A smaller unit of weight in the
metric system is the:
ounce
gram
pound
degree Celsius
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What Have
You Learned?
Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
1. Which object has the greatest
mass?
baseball
truck
balloon
spoon
2. The process of measuring
weight is called:
calculating
weighing
measuring
collecting
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unit of weight?
kilogram
degree
cubic centimeter
meter
and ounces are units
4. Pounds
of weight in what system of
measurement?
metric system
International system
French system
English system
of the amount of mass
6. Ain measure
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volume
temperature
growing
weight
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wanted to measure the weight of
something?
barometer
thermometer
spring scale
meter stick
smaller unit of weight in the
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ounce
gram
pound
degree Celsius
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mass
heaviness
volume
temperature
5. Everything we see and touch 10. Which tool is used to measure
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gold
water
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silver
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weight?
scale
thermometer
barometer
ruler
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Video Review
Name:
While you watch the video, answer these questions:
Compare!
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What has more mass, this truck or this bicycle?
You Decide!
2. What
type of scale is this?
You Observe!
3. What
is the weight of this envelope in grams?
Video Quiz
Fill in the correct word to complete the sentence:
1. Everything you see is made of ________ .
2. _________ is the amount of matter in something.
3. ________ are tools used to measure weight.
4. This is a type of scale called a _________ scale.
5. These papers have a weight of _______ grams.
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Units of Weight
Background:
If someone were to ask you what your weighed, you wouldn’t say
that you weighed 52. Instead you would say you weighed 52
pounds, or 23.5 kilograms. The word pounds and kilograms are
called units of measurement, or more exactly units of weight. A
measurement without a unit of measurement is like a house without
an address, or a person without a name.
Directions: Circle the correct metric unit of measurement for the
weight of the object.
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pounds
grams
degrees
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kilogram
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cubic centimeters
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Word Find
Name:
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In the space provided below write three sentences about “weight”
while using the vocabulary words listed above.
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What Weighs More
Directions: Cut out the objects and place them in order from the
lightest to the heaviest.
Pears
Match
Rocket
Horse
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Two 5 pound weights
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